SOLUTION: A chess club with 55 members is electing a new president. Ann received 22 votes. What percentage of the club members voted for Ann?

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Question 1113440: A chess club with 55 members is electing a new president. Ann received 22 votes. What percentage of the club members voted for Ann?
Found 2 solutions by addingup, Shin123:
Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
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Think of a pizza. The top number is the number of slices you ate, the bottom number is the total number of slices in the pizza. Let's say you ate 3 slices out of a total of 8: 3/8 is your answer. What percentage of the pizza is that? Well, divide 3/8 and you get 0.375 or 37.5%
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Here we have 22 voters out of a total of 55
22/55 = 0.4 or 40%.

Answer by Shin123(626) About Me  (Show Source):
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Since Ann has 22 votes, 22/55=2/5=0.4=40% of the votes.